I wanted to take this opportunity to with everyone a safe and happy holiday season from the CUPE 4186 Executive.

Please make sure that you are keeping your Apply to Education profile up to date with any qualifications, etc. This is especially important if you are applying to a position outside of the classification that you are currently working in or a position that requires a specific qualification/experience.

If you apply for a job that requires specific knowledge/experience and it is not listed in your Apply to Education portfolio, you will not be considered for the position – even if you are the most senior. They will not contact you to ask if you are qualified.

Our Retiree Banquet honouring our 2025 retirees will take place on January 24, 2026.

If you would like to attend, please fill out the registration form and drop it along with all cash/cheques/money orders at the office 14-540 Clarke Rd. no later than December 30th, 2025.  If you would like to use internal mail, please ensure that it is in your school mail box no later than the mail day for the week of December 15-19, 2025. Please do not send cash through school mail.

Retiree Banquet 2025 new pdf

Retiree Questionairre 2025 pdf

Registration is almost over for this years CUPE 4186 Children’s Christmas Movie.

Registrations must be submitted by November 15th to membershipofficer@cupe4186.ca. Registrations sent to any other email will not be accepted. All registrants must submit 20$ cash or cheque per family to reserve spot. Monies will be returned to you on November 29th. If you do not show up your money/cheque will be deposited.

Please follow the steps below to reserve your spot.

Step 1- Due to timing, please drop cash/cheques in person to CUPE office mailbox in an envelope with “CUPE kids Christmas , adults names and kids names ” on the outside of envelope.

Ex- CUPE kids Christmas

adult – Stasha Fischer

Child- Bishop

Child- Deacon

Deposit enclosed.

When this is completed, proceed to Step 2

CUPE 4186 Address: 540 Clarke Rd., Unit 14
This is on the corner of Clarke Rd. and Pacific Court. The office faces Pacific Court – there is a large, black, locked mailbox with the number 14 on it.

We are not responsible for any items that get lost through internal school mail. Please only use cheques if using internal mail.

Step 2- Email membershipofficer@cupe4186.ca to let me know the names , that you have sent money and you are registering for the movie. Confirmation email to follow

Step 3- See you on November 29th at 10 am to enjoy your movie! You will receive your deposit back that day.

Hi Folks,

Here are the highlights of the OSBCU Bargaining Proposals that will be brought to the Central Table.  The full document was sent out through our email system.

Here are some pictures from the Protect Our Schools Rally held at Queen’s Park on October 4, 2025.  It was a small turnout, but we had big voices!!

Happy Thanksgiving from your Local Executive. We would like to wish you all a safe weekend filled with Family and Friends 

At our September 20th GMM, the following dates for General Membership Meetings were approved by membership.

October 25, 2025

November 15, 2025

December 13, 2025

January 17, 2026

February 7, 2026

March 7, 2026

April 25, 2026

May 23, 2026

June 13, 2026

These dates can also be found in the upcoming events calendar.

In Solidarity,

Tracey

Tuesday, September 30, 2025 is National Truth and Reconciliation Day.

Since 2013, September 30 has been commemorated as “Orange Shirt Day”, inspired by the story of residential school survivor Phyllis Jack Webstad.

As a young girl, Phyllis was gifted a new orange shirt by her grandmother before she was taken to a B.C. residential school. The shirt was confiscated and destroyed by her teacher on the first day of classes. The story has come to symbolize the colonial assimilation goals of the residential school system.

Please wear an orange shirt to work on tomorrow, September 30, 2025 to commemorate the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation.

Welcome to the 2025-2026 School Year!

I’ve been getting a lot of questions so I thought I would put this out.

• Please remember that you are hourly employees, not salaried. You are only paid for the time that you are scheduled.  Don’t work for free, you are not covered for activities that you do outside of your scheduled hours and role (ie coaching, staff meetings that run longer than your hours, etc.).
• Make sure that you are wearing the PPE/safety gear provided. If it does not fit, there isn’t enough or it isn’t suitable, contact your supervisor to have it rectified.
• Make sure you are taking your breaks and your unpaid / uninterrupted lunch. You need this time to decompress and get away from the stress of your job.
• Make sure that you are filling out incident reports every time. If you don’t fill them out, the board assumes that everything is okay, and you don’t need any additional help. If you are attacked by a student (identified or not), it is workplace violence.
• Make sure you are reading safety plans before working with a student. If the student is new, push to have a safety plan put in place if needed.
• If you are required to change a student, make sure you have the proper PPE, supplies and location to work out of. Make sure the location has proper ventilation and a garbage can. Do not change students on the floor.
• It is not your job to get photocopies or supplies for teaching staff. That is why they have prep and planning.
• EA and ECE, you can be asked to supervise your students (JK/K or Identified) during arrival, and dismissal, noon hour and recess duties. They can schedule your breaks/lunch during instructional time. EAs hired before June 30, 2005 are not to do general supervision, EA’s hired after this date are restricted to 30 minutes of general supervision per day.
• EA’s the employer updated the role outline, and you are allowed to go onto busses/vans to help students buckle and unbuckle. Try to get them to be as independent as possible, but if you need to do the buckle up, you can. Make sure that you have proper PPE if needed.
• Secretaries make sure that you are only doing the jobs that are part of your role. If your school doesn’t have a vice principal, it is not your job to take on those responsibilities. Also, it’s not your job to supervise students. They should not be hanging around the office.

Stay safe,

Tracey